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Blast: The Prodigal by Michael Hurley

Pride, betrayal, forgiveness . . . and the eternal sea. The Prodigal tells
the mystical tale of four people on Ocracoke Island whose destiny is
tied to an abandoned schooner, thought to have been lost at sea more
than a century ago, that one day drifts ashore. Marcus O’Reilly, a
renegade Catholic priest, must confront his inner demons. Ibrahim
Joseph, a Bahamian fugitive, must face his past. Aidan Sharpe, a fallen
lawyer, struggles with self-doubt and his growing affection for Molly
McGregor, a fearless towboat captain who cannot find the courage to
love. They will all be drawn into a 2,000-year-old mystery that unfolds
with the reappearance of the ship.

“Stirring, romantic, and evocative of the sea’s magic.” –Kirkus Reviews

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Hurley lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife Susan.
Together they have four children ranging in age from 19 to 23. Born in
Baltimore in 1958, Michael studied English at the University of Maryland
and law at St. Louis University. He is licensed to practice law in
Texas and North Carolina. A lifelong sailor, he obtained his captain’s
license from the U.S. Coast Guard in 1992 and took six months off from
the practice of law to work as a sailboat charter captain in New Bern,
North Carolina. Between 1995 and 2003, while practicing law full-time,
he also wrote and published Paddle & Portage, a quarterly literary
journal on wilderness canoeing enjoyed by more than 10,000 subscribers
in 48 states. When he is not sailing or writing or canoeing, Michael
continues a hopeless quest to prove that his piano teachers at
Baltimore’s Peabody Institute were wrong about him all along.

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